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1/27/2026
SOLEDAD MIRANDA BITING EWA STRÖMBERG IN 'VAMPYROS LESBOS'
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Soledad Miranda in VAMPYROS LESBOS Year: 1971 Rating: ***1/2 In what's otherwise infamously campy directing icon Jesús Franco's most...
1/24/2026
ELISA VELA WITH LINA ROMAY IN 'MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD'
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Elisa Vela in Mansion of the Living Dead/La mansión de los muertos vivientes Year: 1983 Rates: *** Infamously campy Spanish Exploitation-Hor...
1/20/2026
MARIBEL MARTÍN VAMPING AS 'THE BLOOD SPLATTERED BRIDE'
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Maribel Martín in THE BLOOD SPLATTERED BRIDE Year: 1972 Rating: ***1/2 Based on the Gothic vampire novel, perhaps second only to Bram Stoker...
1/19/2026
MARIBEL MARTÍN AND MARY MAUDE IN 'THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED'
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Maribel Martín in THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED Year: 1969 Rating: **** It initially seems like a tremendous flaw in Spanish horror director Narci...
1/18/2026
MARÍA ELENA APRÓN SLASHING 'THE FISH WITH THE EYES OF GOLD'
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María Elena Arpón in The Fish With The Eyes Of Gold/ El pez de los ojos de oro Year: 1974 Rates: ***1/2 The primary cover art for Pedro L. R...
1/14/2026
MARÍA ELENA APRÓN DYING FOR 'HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE'
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María Elena Arpón in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE/ EL JOROBADO DE LA MORGUE Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 From Dracula to The Werewolf, Paul Naschy p...
1/13/2026
MARÍA ELENA APRÓN & MARÍA SILVA 'TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD'
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María Silva in TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD/LA NOCHE DEL TERROR CIEGO Year: 1972 Rating: ***1/2 Two years before TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD, a gorge...
1/12/2026
LORETA TOVAR NECKS KALI HANSA IN 'NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS'
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Loreta Tovar in NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS/LA NOCHE DE LOS BRUJOS Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 Spanish director Amando de Ossorio brings back THE L...
1/11/2026
HELGA LINÉ SHADOWING SILVIA TOROSA IN 'THE LORELEY'S GRASP'
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Betsabé Ruiz in THE LORELEY'S GRASP/LAS GARRAS DE LORELEI Year: 1973 Rating: **** A year before the Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee reunio...
1/03/2026
PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE RIDING 'HORROR EXPRESS'
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Helga Liné painted into HORROR EXPRESS/PÁNICO EN EL TRANSIBERIANO Year: 1972 Rating: **** In-between the original THE THING FROM ANOTHER WOR...
1/02/2026
ANNE FRANCIS & LESLIE NIELSEN IN THE CLASSIC 'FORBIDDEN PLANET'
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Title: FORBIDDEN PLANET Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 The 1950's science-fiction classic FORBIDDEN PLANET not only influenced the use of bea...
12/28/2025
ANNE FRANCIS, DANA ANDREWS & GEORGE MAHARIS 'THE SATAN BUG'
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George Maharis and Anne Francis in THE SATAN BUG Year: 1965 Rating: **1/2 On the television series ROUTE 66, Martin Milner played a preppy c...
12/27/2025
ANNE FRANCIS AND ANNE JACKSON BREAKOUT IN 'SO YOUNG, SO BAD'
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Anne Francis in SO YOUNG, SO BAD Year: 1950 Rating: **** A decade after CASABLANCA, nice guy Paul Henreid was still somewhat of a box office...
12/26/2025
HELENA CARTER HEADLINES THE ORIGINAL 'INVADERS FROM MARS'
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Helena Carter and Jimmy Hunt in INVADERS FROM MARS Year: 1953 Rating: *** With sparsely minimalist yet highly stylized interiors ranging fro...
12/25/2025
ERNEST SCHOEDSACK SHRINKS 'DR. CYCLOPS' WITH ALBERT DEKKER
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Title: DR. CYCLOPS Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack Year: 1940 Rating: ***1/2 Merian C. Cooper, the executive producer and co-director of KING...
12/22/2025
BRIAN GLOVER DOGS ALFRED MARKS IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE'
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John Thaw and John Flanagan in The Sweeney: Thin Ice Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 The third episode of THE SWEENEY is the first to inject tota...
12/21/2025
JOHN THAW VS TONY SELBY FROM 'THE SWEENEY: QUEEN'S PAWN'
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Title: THE SWEENEY: QUEEN'S PAWN Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 From HIGH SIERRA before to CARLITO'S WAY after, the device of a famously-...
12/19/2025
JOHN THAW WITH JOHN FLANNAGAN IN 'THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT'
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Title: THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT Year: 1975 Rates: **1/2 Second episode of the British crime series THE SWEENEY decompresses from the thrilling p...
12/15/2025
RICK MORANIS & DAVE THOMAS AS BOB & DOUG IN 'STRANGE BREW'
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Title: STRANGE BREW Year: 1983 Rating: ** There's a moment in THE ADVENTURES OF BOB AND DOUG MCKENZIE: STRANGE BREW where supervillain M...
12/14/2025
DIRECTOR ROB REINER'S ROAD MOVIE COMEDY 'THE SURE THING'
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John Cusack painted like Andrew McCarthy in THE SURE THING Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2 In director Rob Reiner's road movie THE SURE THING,...
12/05/2025
CHRISTOPHER LEE VS NIGEL GREEN IN 'THE FACE OF FU MANCHU'
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Christopher Lee and Deborah DeLacey in THE FACE OF FU MANCHU Year: 1965 Rating: *** In BEAT GIRL , Christopher Lee played a sleazy nightclub...
12/04/2025
HELENA CARTER, YVONNE DE CARLO & DAN DURYEA IN 'RIVER LADY'
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Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea in RIVER LADY 1948 Rating: ***1/2 In the James Cagney film noir KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE, full-lipped, flirtati...
12/03/2025
CORNEL WILDE INVESTIGATING DON SIEGEL'S 'EDGE OF ETERNITY'
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Year: 1959 Rating: *** Don Siegel's EDGE OF ETERNITY is a Technicolor Neo Noir, a B-Movie Potboiler and a Novelty Film using actual foot...
12/02/2025
VINCE EDWARDS WITH JUDY GEESON & DIANA DORS IN 'HAMMERHEAD'
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Vince Edwards and Judy Geeson in HAMMERHEAD Year: 1968 Rating: **1/2 Irwin Allen's production HAMMERHEAD is yet another James Bond clone...
11/29/2025
CHARLES BRONSON'S LAST CANNON 'KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS'
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Charles Bronson in KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS Year: 1989 Rating: ***1/2 The final Cannon production starring Charles Bronson (and director J...
11/27/2025
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'SAFARI' WITH VICTOR MATURE & JANET LEIGH
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Title: SAFARI Year: 1956 Rating: *** In 1956, future James Bond franchise director Terence Young had Victor Mature playing a charming kind o...
11/26/2025
LOLA ALBRIGHT & GRANT WILLIAMS IN 'THE MONOLITH MONSTERS'
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Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS Year: 1957 Rating: **1/2 Grant Williams, with an unassumingly skinny frame, All-American blond hair a...
11/25/2025
PHILIP CAREY WITH AARON SPELLING IN 'WYOMING RENEGADES'
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Philip Carey and Martha Hyer in WYOMING RENEGADES Year: 1956 Rating; *** It's impossible to hear about Butch Cassidy and Sundance withou...
11/24/2025
CORNEL WILDE, DONNA REED & CHRISTOPHER LEE 'BEYOND MOMBASA'
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Title: BEYOND MOMBASA Year: 1956 Rating: *** The same year and basically the same plot-line of Terence Young's SAFARI ,, where a scound...
11/22/2025
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'ZARAK' WITH VICTOR MATURE & EUNICE GAYSON
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Title: ZARAK Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 Future James Bond directing icon Terence Young made the Arabic Adventure ZARAK so full of bright 1950...
11/21/2025
STEPHEN BOYD & CAMILLA SPARV IN VAL GUEST'S 'ASSIGNMENT K'
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Title: ASSIGNMENT K Year: 1968 Rating: ***1/2 British director Val Guest and Irish actor Stephen Boyd are both underrated and only known by...
11/20/2025
PETER LORRE WITH ROBERT WILCOX IN 'ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN'
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Title: ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN Year: 1940 Rating: ***1/2 The pulpy tagline to the 1940 thriller ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN is "Women shuddering ...
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